2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs New Zealand
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Friday, March 16, 2007
New Zealand beat England by six wickets (with 54 balls remaining) in the second Group C match in the World Cup at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.
Player of the match, Scott Styris made 87 runs in 113 balls.
Toss: New Zealand won, and elected to field first.
 England innings |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Ed Joyce | c McCullum b Franklin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Michael Vaughan | b Franklin | 26 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Ian Bell | c McCullum b Oram | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 26.31 | |
| Kevin Pietersen | c Franklin b Bond | 60 | 92 | 4 | 1 | 65.21 | |
| Paul Collingwood | c McCullum b Styris | 31 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 57.40 | |
| Andrew Flintoff | c Styris b Bond | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Jamie Dalrymple | c McCullum b Styris | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Paul Nixon | not out | 42 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 102.43 | |
| Liam Plunkett | not out | 29 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 85.29 | |
| Extras | (lb 2; w 4; nb 7) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (7 Wickets; 50 overs) | 207 | 15 | 2 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Joyce, 0.1 ov), 2-30 (Bell, 8.5 ov), 3-52 (Vaughan, 15.3 ov), 4-133 (Collingwood, 34.6 ov), 5-133 (Pietersen, 35.3 ov), 6-134 (Flintoff, 35.6 ov), 7-138 (Dalrymple, 38.2 ov)
 New Zealand bowling |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| James Franklin | 9 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 4.77 | |
| Shane Bond | 10 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1.90 | |
| Jacob Oram | 6 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 4.16 | |
| Jeetan Patel | 8 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 5.25 | |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 5.30 | |
| Scott Styris | 7 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3.57 | |
| New Zealand innings |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Stephen Fleming | c Joyce b Anderson | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 63.63 | |
| Lou Vincent | c Joyce b Anderson | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Ross Taylor | c Flintoff b Plunkett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Scott Styris | not out | 87 | 113 | 9 | 0 | 76.99 | |
| Craig McMillan | c Dalrymple b Panesar | 27 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 79.41 | |
| Jacob Oram | not out | 63 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 75.90 | |
| Extras | (b 2; lb 11; w 11; nb 2) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (4 Wickets; 41 overs) | 210 | 17 | 1 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Vincent, 0.6 ov), 2-3 (Taylor, 1.2 ov), 3-19 (Fleming, 4.6 ov), 4-72 (McMillan, 15.2 ov)
| England bowling |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| James Anderson | 8 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 4.87 | |
| Liam Plunkett | 7 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 6.14 | |
| Andrew Flintoff | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2.12 | |
| Paul Collingwood | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| Monty Panesar | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 4.70 | |
| Jamie Dalrymple | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7.25 | |
| Kevin Pietersen | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | |
England: E C Joyce, M P Vaughan (capt), I R Bell, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, A Flintoff, J W M Dalrymple, P A Nixon (wkt), L E Plunkett, J M Anderson, M S Panesar
New Zealand: S P Fleming (capt), L Vincent, R L Taylor, S B Styris, J S Patel, J D P Oram, C D McMillan, B B McCullum (wkt), D L Vettori, J E C Franklin, S E Bond
Player of the match: S B Styris (New Zealand)
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and R E Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire: P D Parker (Australia)
Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa)
Reserve umpire: B R Doctrove
Sources
- "6th Match, Group C: England v New Zealand at Gros Islet - Mar 16, 2007". Cricinfo, March 16, 2007
- "England v New Zealand - Mar 16, 2007". BBC, March 16, 2007
